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UNITED STATES v. ERDOS

No. 72-1328.

474 F.2d 157 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Alfred ERDOS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 14, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. McDaniels and Aubrey M. Daniel, III, Washington, D. C. (Williams, Connolly & Califano, Washington, D. C., on brief), for appellant.

Justin W. Williams, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Brian P. Gettings, U. S. Atty., on brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and CRAVEN and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.

CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:

On August 30, 1971, in the American Embassy in the new Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Alfred Erdos killed Donald Leahy. Both were American citizens and embassy employees, with Erdos occupying the position of senior diplomat or charge d'affairs.

Returned to the United States, Erdos was tried and convicted of voluntary manslaughter1 in the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. On appeal, the...

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